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Comparing the KE of Alpha and Beta particles

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Determine the Electrical potential at a given point

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A question about the specific heat and Debye temperature

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Correct statement regarding a conductor in a magnetic field

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Collision between a block and a curved up-ramp surface

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Gauge pressure of water oozing out of a pipe

  • brotherbobby
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Why Do Light Beams Need to Be Parallel in Young's Double Slit Experiment?

  • Crystal037
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Calculating the magnetic field of an infinite solenoid

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The definition of the proper time

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Deriving the electrostatic pressure of a water droplet

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Shear stress, Direct stress and factor of safety -- help please

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Time period of a periodic function

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Time period of an object traveling in an elliptical orbit

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Find the velocity of the wind relative to the boat

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Find the force so that all blocks are at rest with respect to each other

  • songoku
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Cat chasing a dog, not in a straight path

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Maximum Acceleration: I Got the Correct Answer

  • rashida564
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Diffraction Grating: Possible variables for Experiment

  • KDPhysics
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How to know whether motion is simple harmonic motion or not?

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At what angle do we have to kick a ball up the hill for n-rebounds?

  • bolzano95
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Proving Acute Angles from Two Equations

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Time it takes for the rocket to fall down

  • Noah159
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Motion in Electric and Magnetic Fields -- (Uni Level Dynamics)

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How does the rotation of Earth affect the height of a tidal bulge?

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Inclined Plane Forces - with a twist

  • Spencer25
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Find the accelerations of all three blocks and the tension in the rope

  • rashida564
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Understanding Total Voltage in Parallel Circuits

  • physics_CD
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Kirchhoff's Rules for analyzing this circuit with batteries and resistors

  • nmsurobert
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Analyse the cutting force of this bolt cutter

  • BiostudentWouter
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Average current around a magnetic loop that changes its shape

  • Alefan_
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Physics: How much is this person's femur compressed?

  • brittanyr
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Torque with an oddly shaped lever

  • Mike Lessard
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Tension in a rope wrapped around a shaft, pulling in a mass

  • rashida564
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Problem involving friction, with a mass being pulled up a slope

  • Helena Durrant
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A circuit with switches, capacitators and resistors

  • eyespy
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Magnetic field Calculation of a Square Wire Loop (with a changed segment)

  • Physicslearner500039
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Gamma factor when doing four momentum problems

  • bonbon22
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How can you calculate change in length without force and area units?

  • chriscarson
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Electric field between two capacitor plates (proof)

  • Harry17
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Circuit diagram questions -- 3 Light Bulbs in a 120V circuit

  • joshqg
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Two movable pulleys lifting a mass

  • rashida564
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Is the Chain Rule Applied to Spherical Polar Coordinates Different?

  • physconomics
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Pressure due to two liquids in a U-tube

  • brotherbobby
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Infinite Objects: Seeking the Physics Behind the Math

  • cemtu
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How do I find the angle and direction of a magnetic field?

  • Physicslearner500039
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Spacetime Physics (2nd ed.) problem 2-2: Bathroom scale and a Trampoline

  • benorin
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Electric field involving 4 point charges in a rectangle

  • dcarmichael
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What were my mistakes in solving this ladder problem in physics?

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How Do You Calculate Time Ratios in Motion with Drag Force?

  • tanaygupta2000
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Momentum transfer of brittle objects

  • sbartyc
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Conical Pendulum: Solving the Height Issue

  • Spencer25
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Optics (dealing with 2 sources of wavelength)

  • jisbon
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Damped Oscillator and Oscillatory Driving Force

  • physconomics
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What is the Relationship Between Strain and Change in Length in Hooke's Law?

  • chriscarson
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Electron excited from the ground state to a quantum state

  • jisbon
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Light rays passing through a glass prism

  • jisbon
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What is the work done to move this Charge?

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Finding Angles in a Double slit experiment

  • jisbon
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Finding the distance in an optics system

  • jisbon
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Velocity of the center of mass of the system

  • Amik
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What Is the Magnetic Field at Point P on the Y-Axis?

  • Physicslearner500039
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Acceleration of a moving wedge with a falling block

  • Yalanhar
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Kinetic energy of a ball rolling down a ramp

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Magnetic field due to two loops

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Use of hard drive magnets to build an MHD propulsion ship

  • fRod57
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Torque on a Beam Due to Gravity

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Confused About Critical Angle and Echoes?

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Electric Fields: calculate the resultant force

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Griffiths Introduction to Electrodynamics (Stokes Theorem Corollary)

  • cemtu
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Integration in polar coordinates

  • Apashanka
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Pulleys with Torque: Free Body Diagram Analysis

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Understanding Tension in Angles: Expert Insights and Tips

  • Icefire_16
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System with Pulleys and a Rope That Might Break

  • rashida564
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Projectile Compresses a Spring Gun

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Mechanics Lab | A Simple Pendulum & a Small Magnet Underneath

  • Curious_Student
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Laser beams interacting with a screen | AM and momentum conservation

  • JD_PM
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Comparing Energy Transfer and Speed Changes in Isolated Systems

  • Amik
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Moment of inertia, conservation of angular momentum and energy

  • volodymyr379
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Rate of fall depends on rotation?

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Vapor Pressure of Water Below Freezing: How Does It Affect Grain Storage?

  • Gopher72
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Circuit Analysis of a diagram with series and parallel circuits

  • joshqg
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Force due to Surface tension here

  • Vivek98phyboy
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Energy of particle when under a central force

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Deriving the first-order system for this governing equation

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Explaining Earth's Lower Gravity at the Equator

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What is the efficiency of the circuit?

  • Baiatul122001
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Is work a vector quantity in physics?

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Volume average of mass function

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Bow & arrow -- Forces on the Bow

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Deriving Momentum From Newton's Second Law of Motion

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Projectile Motion with Air Drag

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Entropy change when melting ice then refreezing the water

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Deciphering this problem statement: Air resistance on projectiles

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Work or Net Work when calculating Power?

  • brawler234
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Meteorology Physics: Apparent wind problem

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Object thrown at an angle: Initial velocity has to equal speed at t

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